Amarna Royal Tombs Project

Nicholas Reeves

Curator of Egyptian and Classical Art, Eton College, Windsor
Project Director and Joint Field Director, 1998-99
Born 28 September 1956

BA (Hons)* Ancient History, University College London, 1978
PhD Egyptology, University of Durham, 1984

Academic employment/affiliation

Curator, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1984-91

Consultant, Freud Museum, London, 1986-present

Visiting Curator of Egyptian Art, Eton College, Windsor, 1988-89

Hon. Curator, Egyptian Collection, Highclere Castle (Earl of Carnarvon), 1988-98

Visiting Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology, Egyptian Culture Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1994

Hon. Fellow, Oriental Museum, University of Durham, 1996-present

Hon. Research Fellow, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 1998-present

Curator of Egyptian and Classical Art, Eton College, Windsor, 2000

Fieldwork

Saqqara, Egypt Exploration Society, 1979

Quseir el-Amarna, Melbourne University/University College London, 1980-81

Ashmunein, British Museum, 1985

Valley of the Kings, Waseda University, 1995; Amarna Royal Tombs Project, 1998-present (Project Director and Joint Field Director)

Principal publications

'Valley of the Kings. The decline of a royal necropolis' (London, 1990)

'The Complete Tutankhamun' (London, 1990)

'After Tut'ankhamun. Research and excavation in the royal necropolis at Thebes' (London, 1992) (editor)

'Howard Carter Before Tutankhamun' (London, 1992) (with John H. Taylor)

'Into the Mummy's Tomb' (New York, 1992) (with Nan Froman)

'Freud as Collector' (Tokyo, 1996) (editor, with Yumiko Ueno)

'The Complete Valley of the Kings' (London, 1996) (with Richard H. Wilkinson)

'Chief of Seers. Egyptian studies in honour of Cyril Aldred' (London, 1997) (editor, with Elizabeth Goring and John Ruffle)

'Ancient Egypt. The great discoveries' (London, 2000)

'Akhenaten, Egypt's False Prophet' (London, 2001)

Go to The Amarna Royal Tombs Project team
Go to ARTP home page
Go to VOKF home page

Note to visitors: this website, home of The Amarna Royal Tombs Project, is still under construction, with new features and information being constantly added. Please visit us again frequently to check on the latest developments.

© Amarna Royal Tombs Project, 1998-2002